MARAE PAPAKAINGA TURANGAWAEWAE

The South Island's most northern cultural and spiritual holiday experience,
located on Arapawa Island in the beautiful Queen Charlotte Sounds.

We are located some twenty five miles from the nearest port of Picton and can be travelled to only by marine vessel with a service being offered from there to the holiday site.

The opportunity exists to participate in a variety of healthy outdoor activities from fishing, diving, hunting, hill top hiking, crewing as a member of a polynesian style waka ama kayaking . Enjoy the oratory and tales and history of this very special part of Aotearoa (NZ) along with the myths and legends that surround the whenua and occupy a very important part of our New Zealand history of days gone by.

View the scenery from the hill tops, great photographic sites and locations. Plant a native tree on the island property as a memorial to your visit to us memorialised in perpetuity as your contribution to the green house gas world wide problem.

Our kaupapa or policy is to establish and continue to operate this facility on the basis of devout manakitanga, hospitality, cultural and whenua spiritual experiences and extend these policies to our manuhiri, whilst providing food and shelter and care.

Bag your catch of fresh water crayfish, koura from the ponds and stream. Cook at your leisure on the deck barbecue along with other shell fish also available with in close proximity to the home stead facility .

We also extend an invitation to those boaties whom enjoy a day's fishing and diving at East Bay. Hot water showers and hot drinks, hot scones and muffins are available from the home stead kitchen come ashore and perhaps also join in with others in the activities including deck barbecue dining and wining.

We also extend to our guests the opportunity to be involved in the on site manufacture of stone product, including green stone product manufacture, which can be taken by our guests as a momento of their stay with us.